Automobile-signal



s. n. CARNES.

AUTOMOBILE SIGNAL.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.22, 1919.

1 35 l ,283 Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

sen D. CARNES, or roar wonrn'rnxns AUTOMOBILE-SIGNAL.

7 To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMJD. CARNES, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Fort forth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile- Signals of which the following is aspecification.

This invention. relates to new and useful improvements in automobile d rect on 51g.-

nals. V V I M The object of the invention is to provide'a signal device which may be mounted .on the door or edge of anautomobilebody andconnected with the horn soas to sound the'same when operated. The idea being to employ an arm arranged to swingoutward to indicate a turn and carrying a translucent having means for illuminating it. The d evicebeing arranged with an operating mem- 1 ber loeated so as to be operated bythe knee or elbow of the driver. I

I The invention will be more readily understood fro na reading of the following speciv Fig- 5 is a cross-sectional view on the line 'fication and by reference to the accompanywhich an example ofthe:

ing drawings, in invention is shown, and wherein:

Figure l is a perspective' View of the front end. of an automobile showing my signal at-\ tached thereto,

F' g. 2 is plan view showing the signal in detail,

Fig. 3 is an elevation showing the operating means,. 7 I. I

Fig. 4 is a detail of the signal hand,

5--5 of Fig; 4, and

' Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view of the complete apparatus.

an angular metal plate fastened to the inner side of the door of an automobile and having its outwardly directed portion 2 resting on the top edge of the door or the edgeof the body in case the door is not used, vA mounting plate 3 having slots& is disposed D on the plate 2'and held by screws 5 passing through the slots and entering the plate 2'. By reason of the slots the plate 3 maybe ad'- justed inwardly or outwardly. A plunger. 6

slides in a housing 7 on the plate 3 and car ries a gear rack 7 at its outer end.

The gear rack is engaged with a gear boss 8 pivoted on a post 9 extending upward from the plate 3 and overhanging the outer side of the door. A bent arm 10 is integral Specification of Letters Patent;

'In the'drawing the numeral 1 designates Patented Aug. 31; 1220.; Application filed August 22 1919. Serial'l\T0.319, 1 00. I

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with the boss and its outerend l l forked i and secured to ab racket 12. :Thegbracket 12 carries inwardly directed, studs 13. ,A signalhand 15 is received in the bracket and I fastened by the studs. V

The hand has its. 51

des formed of cent. material which, may be covered and 1 which is bowed as shown in Fig. 5. The, sidesof the hand are spaced apart and seg cured to a flexible strip 16 conformed tothe contour of'the hand 'l his strip -mayjbe I formed of leatherfand the hand maybe ,easily removed from or inserted ;in the bracket by simply ,co'mp resSing its inner end.

A smallelectric lamp il'f .ismounted in a socket l8" carriedby the bracket12. This 'An operating pedal 19'has ears 2,0 'a short distance from its forward end and these inner end of the plunger 6. Aspring-23 coiled about the pin 21 has oneendbearing against the plate 1 and the other end bearf a i ing againsttheinner side ofthe pedal so as V to no'rma'llvhold the rear ,endoutward. j" i hen the pedal isdepressed. tOWardthe,

side of the car itsforward end is swung in-f'q I ,ward whereby the plunger 6 is pulled in:

ward; YVhen thegplungeris moved, inward;

the gear rack 7. rev'olve's the'boss 8 whereby the arm 10 1s swung outward :as' s shown 1n dotted linesinFigll; The-spring23f1scom-g pressedwwhen-thefpe'dal is swung inward so 1 that when pressureis"relievedon the pedal the spring will swing the latter away from the side of'the car, thus returning the plunger ZLIldfiTIIItO'thGlI' normal position. A contact terminal 24 is insulated from v the plate'l and projects so asto be engaged r by the pedal when the latteris fully del pressed. As will .be seen from Fig 6 a circuitwire A leads from'the terminal 24 to a battery or other source of electric. current supply. A circuit wire'B having one end connected between the plates 2 and 3 leads f I 17. A second circuitwire- C leads back throu h the armlOto the socket 1 8oflamp throughthe arm 10 to the horn 25. A-circuit wire D has one end connected between the plates and the other end connected with i with the battery or other source of supply I the horn 25.1 The 1 wire C has connection :by the wire E. A

It will be seen that when the driver wishes to turn he merely presses his knee or elbow against the pedal 19 and depresses the latter, whereby the plunger 6 is pulled inward and the arm 10 swung outward at substantially right angles. When the parts reach this position the pedal will engage with the contact 24% that the electric current will flow through the pedal andover the plates minated colored hand wjill be easily visible.

Various changes maybe madein the arrangement and location of the parts, and modifications may be made within the scope of-the claims. 1

The plunger 6 includes an adjustable yoke 6 which-may be disconnected from the lug 22 and the length of the plunger adjusted in accordance with the adjustment of the plate 3.

What I claim, is: i

1. In an automobile direction signal, 'a plate to be fastened to the inner side of the door of an automobile or the like, and carrying an upper horizontal portion, a' second plate arranged upon the upper horizontal portion andprovided with elongated slots extending transversely of the second plate, "clamping elements carried by the upper horizontal portion and operating within the elongated slots, a housing secured upon the second plate and extending transversely thereof, a plunger slidable within the housing and provided at its outer end with a gear rack, a signal arm pivotally connected;

with the-second plate and provided near its'pivot with a gear engaging the gear rack,

a pedal arranged near and inwardlyof the first named plate, meanspivotally connect ing the pedal and first named plate and spaced from the forward end of the pedal, means connecting the forward end of the pedal and the inner end of the plunger, and a spring to swing the rear end of the pedal outwardly. 7

2. In an automobile dlrection signal, a

' substantially horizontal plate to be secured to the top of an automobile door or the like,

a housing arranged upon the plate and extending transversely thereof, a plunger slidable within the housing and provided at-its outer end with a gear rack, a horizontally swinging arm pivotally connectedwith said plate and provided at its pivot with a gear engaging the gear rack, a horizontally swinging pedal arranged upon the inner side of the plate and pivotally connected therewith and pivotally conne'ctedwith the inner end of the plunger, and a spring arranged inwardly of the pedal and serving to swlng its rearend inwardly.

3. In an automobile direction signal, an

' inverted L-shaped support including horizontahand Vertical portions for arrangement upon an automobile body, a housing disposed upon the horizontal portion and secured thereto, a plunger slidable within the housing and provided at its outer end Wltll a gear rack, a horizontally turning gear pivoted upon said horizontal'portion and engaging the gear rack, a horizontally swinging signal arm carried by the gear, a

horizontally swinging pedal arranged upon the inner side of said vertical'portion and having a pair of outwardly projecting knuckles spaced from its forward ends, a I

substantially vertical pin carried by said vertical portion and pivotally'supporting,

said knuckles a spring having a portion thereof coiled about the pin and its ends engaging said vertical portion and the a pedal, and means pivotally connecting the forward end of the pedal and the plunger.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. 7 SAM D. GARNES. 

